How can I stop my dog, that is a German Shepherd/Husky mix, from being so greedy about food?
By ashleigh mccaig from Alnwick, Northumberland
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There's a company called GreedyPup that makes bowls to help keep dogs from inhaling their food. Kinda work.
Since you also submitted about keeping your dog happy, this idea might help both ways. Go to a good pet shop and see if they have a rather large "treat" ball, in which you can place all, or at least half of your dogs ration of food. This gives the dog the job of rolling the ball, causing the food to come out slowly, (that is, of course, if you feed dry, which i feel is better for teeth anyway).
You need to teach the dog you are the boss of his food and make him do a command in order to earn his food. After you scoop it into the bowl, put it down and make him wait in a "sit" until you say "OK." If he goes for the food before you say "OK" stop him and start over, putting him back in a "sit" position. You may have to stand in front of the bowl at first, but as you build up this routine he will be able to sit for as long as you want until you tell him "OK." I had to start off slowly with my dog.
The people before me have had some good ideas that you should look into. When you say greedy, do you mean he is pushing you around about the food, he eats too fast, or what? With my own greedy eater, I make sure that he has his own little bowl (he has the smallest bowl) and he gets on his pillow to eat next to his bowl. The other dogs do not mess with him and everyone is happy. He feels like he owns his little corner and his little bowl. With territorial greed, this works.
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